Icon: Kim Deal

I'm a sucker for ladies with longevity. Recently I watched LoudquietLoud a documentary about the Pixies. So many precious moments there. Kelley and Kim recording the Breeders on the tour bus while knitting! Discussing the alcohol content of non-alcholic beer! Kim's parents telling interviewers she needs to get on the road with the Pixies because she needs something to do besides make paper cut out snowflakes! Adorbs. I'm mega into Kim Deal. Not because I'm too nostalgic or mobidly fascinated with an older, sober, subdued version of an idol, but because she's really fighting the good fight to rock and roll 4-ever. Much much love to Kim Deal.

My mother wouldn't be too proud to know at age 15-16 used to loiter outside gas stations looking for a beer buyer singing, "We're just looking for ONE DIVINE BUYERRRRRR!" ahhhh, the days.

Spring Fever!

Hereby formulating my Spring/Summer mix starting with these gems. ps...totally bad videos, turn off the monitor and ENJOY!

They'll Never Show You How to Be Free

Icon: Yoko Ono

I had the fortune of attending Yoko Ono's Dress Rehearsal performance at BAM Monday night. I swear, it's going to take me a year to process the whole show beginning to end. From the video montage retrospective of her life/work (I cried the whole time). If ever you wondered why this woman does what she does...it's so clear. In the face of EVERYTHING the bastard world has to throw at her she's the ultimate optimist. I couldn't respect any one more. She devastates my heart with her tenacity and positive outlook. You could try to burn her at the stake and she'd offer you a hug. It's the complete re-version/visioning of DISARMAMENT.

Here's the rough outline of the show.
It both lightens and sinks my heart to see "WAR IS OVER...if you want it" lit on top of taxi cabs in New York in 2010.

Nothing's changed but the art still remains.

So there's this dress at the t-shirt booth, that's a mystery to me. Who designed it? What does it mean, man!!?


There's a reason this woman must open her mouth. for the pretty to come out.

There were lots of special guests. (including a sneaky Mark Ronson, I'm pretty sure, Scissor Sisters and Chimera) I know I should have loved Kim, Thurston and Yoko doing "Mulberry" best. But truths be told I loved Justin Bond's "What a Bastard the World Is" so so sososo much. So appropriate, campy, heart wrenching and awesome.





AND they played "Death of Samantha" live for the first time ever???!!

humor break: Bottoms are really at the bottom of everything. "Bottoms" on the bathroom stall....love you yoko.

And I know over time, and by complete cultural saturation of Lennon/Ono's "Give Peace a Chance" renders it totally cheezeballs. But I really don't care. I still think it's powerful to sing together and stand up--so there. (and singing together with this group was really fun and earnest).


Listen to this woman: "Stay healthy this year, and don't get too angry." .......okay, i'll try.

Blizzard Music

Last week I found an unopened Saints box set in the free pile in my apartment, also coined "Fortress of Caucasia". Dang, I've spent this blizzardy NY day listening to it and unpacking boxes. CURSES TO STUFF.

Loving the new Sade!


The only boss I listen to:


My anthem

Icon: Sinead O'Connor

Hold on to your hankies...she's damaging.

Hot Folk Opera -- Hadestown by Anais Mitchell

Anais Mitchell came through town a couple days on tour. I got together with Alicia J. Rose again to collaborate on photo ideas. This time around I did sets, wardrobe, styling, hair and make up. Serious heavy lifting in the name of a great picture. Anais wrote and performed Hadestown, a folk/rock opera, coming out soon. Think Tom Waits and Nina Simone meets Greek Tragedy. Here are a couple teaser shots I took. I'll post more when they're edited and ready for the world.

It was a really nasty day out the day of the shoot. We opted to shoot indoors for the most part at Mississippi Studios.

Here's Anais in a dress designed locally with refurbbed fabrics by Urchin sold at Flutter. You can't see here yet but a pink dress with spandex leggings and knee high boot = ballerina badass.



This is my favorite look with an ascot and brass buttoned vest. Bye-bye cutie, hello toughy.

Builders and the Butchers "Golden and Green"

Director/Photographer Alicia J. Rose signed me on as makeup lady for her second music video for Builders and Butchers' "Golden and Green". This is my first makeup gig for music video or film project (excluding some pretty gnar college films by friends). I found my nirvana, swear to you. There's nothing I love more than working with a strong group of talented women and guys. Team Awesome, indeed. Portland has a powerhouse of talent. I feel so lucky to have worked with the guys from Builders and the Butchers' breath taking video. ..chilllllls...


All pictures by Brandon Hafer:
The guys standing together in full make up and wardrobe outside of the barn in White Salmon, WA.
Dirty Harvey by the pond.

Rachel Hightower helping dirty up Harvey's hands.
Ooh! Creepy Ryan Solee taking on the role of bad guy.

I met the two raddest ladies on the shoot Nicole (left, wardrobe) and Rachel (right, stylist). Here we are being team awesome. We're friends for life fer ser 4 evs. LOVE THEM!

Ray with a shotgun outside the barn. Ruthless.

He'll peer into your soul!
I'm now an expert on under eye circles and dirt.


Alex looking fierce with that waxed stache and scar. Hell yeah.
Busy, busy me. Elbows deep in Ben Nye's Death Wheel and black pigment.

Gag Me with a Spoon

I went thrifting just across the border in Longview and Vancouver, WA yesterday. All day. Found these seven inches from my prepubescent days.

Icon- Tina Turner

Ever since I heard "Private Dancer" at 7-8, I was hooked. Later, when I heard "River Deep Mountain High" I became a life long fan. A period of obsession with Ike and Tina and the Ikettes(music group) and seeing What's Love Got to Do with It, I was convinced: Dress to the nines, no matter how ragged, tired, sweaty or out of sorts. No matter what...look good, take pride. I admire her ability to survive/thrive through years of abuse, be a mother, be a consummate professional, leave her abuser, all while looking fierce, and... Fuck! She rules. Fearless.




OH and what? She just toured in 2008.

Today Was a Good Day

Just got a letter and Project Pat mix CD to bump in my Crown Victoria from Ben. Thank you!

Seckington+Danny=Sedan

OMGWTF. I'm so freakin' excited. Sedan is playing in Portland tomorrow night at Dante's Inferno. These fellas were in other killer bands. Danny's a crazy good drummer and played in Enemymine, Jackie O. Motherfucker, LLP, Mocket and Mirah. Scott's in two of my other favorite bands ever, Two Ton Boa and Verticleville.

These guys are so super rad. And I love them much so much. I've included Sedan in every mix tape or playlist I've made in the past 4 years or so--including my friend Sophia's birthing mix tape (yeah, I still make mix tapes).

Dawn of the Living Dead + 8===D

There's no doubt, I'm a huge zombie movie fan. I'm obsessed. In extended conversation, I'll most likely bring up zombies once--maybe twice, more likely five times. Somehow everything seems related to the living dead. But perhaps it's my lingering punk rock/goth ethic that makes me really think about the morbidity of it all.

Jules and Darrin started a new project to come out later next month on imputor? records whose namesake recalls a part of the human body, 8===D. The boys expressed interest in remaking/deconstructing 70's and 80's zombie scores with heavy, heavy scary stuff. Like these delayed and tripped out zombie voices from Dawn of the Dead.

And this classic Italian remake of the of the movie by director Dario Argento and the score by Goblin.

Rad! I want to help. I think they need a little (.)(.) with their 8===D

Health Club Music

First of all, I love the name of Kaori and Travis' handmade synth instrument company "Health Club Music". I feel healthier listening to the blips, blops and yummy distortion coming from their synths. I had the pleasure of having dinner with these two circuit board geniuses a few nights ago. My fella, has a few of their synths and I just adore how each custom piece is hand labeled and spray painted. Aesthetically, they are little pieces of craft technology gold.


I love this theramin made from a toy doctor's case.


Kaori and Travis sell these one of kind instruments through their website and have premade custom pieces for sale on ebay.

Mix Tape in Spanish

A Spanish language magazine, Tendencias, apparently the "Nylon magazine of Spain" published a story about the mix tape article I wrote for Found Magazine. Here's the article, "Nostalgia of Young Love" is about all I can translate.

My tape is the blue one on the bottom left corner with the "1111111111 <3". It was made for me by my ex-boyfriend a bazillion years ago but it's still really sweet to listen to. And you can listen too!

Icon

Exene Cervenka from X has been my style icon since I was just a pup. Her irrefutable style has had a huge impact on everything from fashion, art and music. What is most exhilarating about her aesthetic is the DIY credo. From collages, the Original Sinners, poetry zines and even her semi-annual "garage sale" on ebay, I'm 100% interested in what Exene touches.



obsessed with this 7" cover

my favorite band of all time

I can't get this out of my head

Phil Collins. No, not that Phil Collins.

This plagues my dreams. I first saw this on Nathan's blog, art throb and I can't stop thinking about this woman. This is from Phil Collin's video installation "the world won't listen" It's also launched me into like 5 Smiths freakouts.

I think this installation has only been at the Dallas Museum of Art earlier this year. I wish I could see it.

Cairn Master

Andy Goldsworthy

I picked this video only because it showed a lot of his work edited together. Interviews with him are pretty great, too. This song's real good. Who does it?

Summer's Best Longhand Photo Winner!

Oh, huh...What's that? Oh, just the shot of the Summer: Me and Rich Fulcher aka Bob Fossil.

And the glorious follow up dance:

Found Magazine: Cassette from My Ex

Here is the story I wrote about a cassette from my ex on foundmagazine.com. With audio!